Peppers mom
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HI everyone and everyparrot! I am a home-maker, with two boys that are 6 and 4 (aslo a 32 year old if you count my hubby lol) We have a dog and an out door cat. I owned a sun conure in Hawaii, but my Dad decided to keep him.Which worked out wonderfully, Papaya will have a buddy by next year and is spoiled rotten! I adopted Pepper (Blue and Gold Macaw) exactly a week ago today. He is 7 years old and beautiful! (actually the sex is unknown) I have never owned a parrot of this size before and I love him to death! Pepper has warmed up very well to me. I am able to grab his beak and give kisses on the head, cheek, neck, and back. I am able to give hugs also. Pepper bit me a few times since we have had him, only got me twice with good ones! Boy, did it hurt! The one thing that is driving my entire house mad is his screeching for me. I do not know what to do. I try ignoring him, I also tried giving him the 'disapproving look' and said 'not nice Pepper to loud hurts my ears' (i get a 'huh?' back ) I am working on getting him to call me mom, and get my attention that way. But there is a problem, a good majority of his talking is done when he is going into his cage for bed or when he gets up in the morning. As well as when it is just us. He says 'what, hello, and Pepper' when others are around but that is about it. In the past week Pepper has learned to say, 'Here kitty, kitty' 'I love' (working on u) 'Hi Pepper' and 'Outside' (still stuggling with that one a little) He said 'mom' once and that was last night.I was able to teach him to say all these with out treats, believe it or not! Just kisses and hugs! but once again he only talks when it is just us. Pepper gets to walk around the house and follow me during the day as I do house work and what not. He does the cooking with me and the dishes. Loves when I do laundry! I take him with me almost every where I go. (Not to my sons school makes him a little nervous don;t blame him at tall though) If I leave him home with my husband he starts screeching, if I go out the front door for anything , or my boys and dog walk into the living room, even if I step into the kitchen to do anything he screeches. I understand that I have only had Pepper for a week and it will take time for him to adjust. But I have read that once the screeching starts like that it is very difficult to break. I also know that it is part of his nature to use his 'voice' just as a dog 'barks' and a cat 'meows'. What do I do? I love him so much, Pepper is one of the family and thats how it is going to be, it would just be even better if he did not feel the need to call for me in his very very loud tone! Well thats everything. Thanks for taking the time to read this.
Sincerely,
Kris and Pepper
Sincerely,
Kris and Pepper